Aaron's Blog

Aaron is now a month old and is doing really well! He has grown lots in the past four weeks, probably because he loves his food from Mummy.  The last time he was weighed he was over 10 lb and that was a little over a week ago, so he must be pushing on 11 lb now. He was putting on more weight per week than the average, so he has had no problem with eating. Unfortunately, this means that he fills his nappy up a lot as well!  I have lost count how many nappy bags we have got through since he was born – it feels like hundreds!

He has had his first hearing test, which he passed successfully the second time. The first time, the machine that measures whether he can hear properly or not, was not working correctly, so the health visitor had to come back a week later with a different machine to try again. She reported no problems at all, that was great.

In the past week or so, Aaron has started smiling to us.  It is very cute!  The first time we thought it was just a bit of wind, but it definitely isn’t. He is also very strong and can hold his neck up for a long amount of time and has a good look around. He has been down on his stomach on his play mat, and he was able to lift his head up far enough to turn it round from side to side. This is very impressive seeing as gravity is obviously pushing his head down to the ground!

Sleeping hasn’t been so great recently. He tends not to like sleeping in his basket during the day, although he will do at night time. The only problem being that he tends to not sleep for very long at night, and even during the day at the moment.  This has led us to be very tired indeed with only a minimal amount of sleep each night!  When he does go to sleep, Ben tends to wake up, so we have to get up with him anyway! We are hoping in the next few weeks his sleeping pattern will change and we can get more sleep.  He is also a very noisy sleeper and snores quite a lot! 😉

There are a few things he tends to like at the moment which settle him down.  He likes to be sung Silent Night and he likes the bouncer and the TV.  He can sit in his bouncer for a good 30 minutes whilst looking at the TV. He also seems to like riding in the car as it puts him to sleep almost instantly!

Ben is still being very good to him, and tries to help us out with him too much really!  A good big brother so far! 😉

Come back again soon to see some new photos of Aaron!

Well, there were several entries for this fun question and I have looked through them all and have to award STEPH GREEN as the winner as she got the weight spot on.  Well done Steph!

A few people said it was going to be a boy but as there was a 50 50 chance it was going to be a boy, I thought Steph guessing the weight was far more impressive!

No-one guessed the correct date although Steph was very close on this as well (mainly because she didn’t guess till near the birth day! haha) and Kelly thought it was going to be a May baby.

Thanks to all who entered!

Aaron is now one week old, and we don’t know where the time has gone!

The first few days and nights were quite hard as he was always hungry, so we were up until the middle of the night trying to settle him down.   As the days progressed, we have started to get into a better routine where we are all actually getting some sleep at night – even Aaron is sleeping for about 2-3 hours at a time during the night!

We have had several visits from the mid-wife and everything has been OK.  He lost a bit of weight when 3 days old, but this was normal, and it was only a few oz.  The next time he was weighed – a few days later – he had put on nearly all his weight again, so that was great!  The mid-wife also checked him over, and Kelly also, and both were given the all clear.

Aaron was registered at the Plymouth Registry Office on Wednesday 11th May, so we now have his birth certificates.  The same day we also went and got pasties to eat on Dartmoor (obviously Aaron didn’t have pasties!) so it was Aaron’s first little trip out for a picnic in the car.  He seemed to enjoy it as he slept nearly all the time he was in the car, apart for waking up for some food! (he is a guzzler!).

A lot of the family have visited us over the past week, and it was good to see them all.  They all thought Aaron was gorgeous and adorable.

We have received lots of cards and presents from everyone, so thank you to you all!

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After being 7 days overdue, baby boy Aaron decided that he wanted to be born into the World in double quick fashion on Wednesday 4th May at 6:40am (Jedi Day – May the 4th be with you).  Kelly only went into labour at about 3:15am so it was very quick compared to the 17 hours it took Ben to be born, and she was practically fully dilated by the time we got into the hospital!  So we were both glad that we left home when we did.

The birth was carried out with no unusual complications, with Aaron being fully fit when he arrived.  He was a large 8lb 7oz in weight, which was 1lb 3oz bigger than Ben was, so no wonder Kelly’s belly looked quite large! 😉

Once he was born, he had his usual checks (and so did Kelly) and they were eventually discharged at about 12:30pm, which was nice and quick.  So they were only in hospital for about 7 hours.

Aaron is a lovely little baby with a very loud set of lungs!  We aren’t sure who he takes after yet, though he does have lovely blue eyes the same as Ben and Mummy.  He had a good amount of dark hair and is a very big wriggler.  He also wants to eat all the time (so takes after Daddy and Gramps!) 😉

A special mention to Grandma who helped out with driving us around during the day and for looking after Ben when Aaron was being born!

Here are some photographs from Aaron’s first day. Enjoy!

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Well the baby is now 3 days overdue and Kelly is just wanting it to come out now! 😉

There haven’t really been any signs this week that the baby is imminent, there seemed to be more signs the week before.  There have been a few aches and pains but that is about it really.

Hopefully the next post will be to say that the baby has been born! 😉